South Korea | 23.11.13
Heavy duty
Heavy duty cranes and slings used to position the sculpture on the base. So 3 days work left to finish my sculpture. Polishing, polishing, polishing. I had the stone laid on its side today to make it easier for me to work on. Then of course the sculpture has to be moved onto a black […]
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Surrounded by artists
Sculptors usually work alone as the work is noisy, dusty and often dangerous. So it is a real treat to be surrounded by artists who willingly share their time, their skills and their enthusiasm; which makes the time fly by. One of my sculptor mates told me I had ‘nailed it’, I think I will […]
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Chipping away
I spent some time at the Boryeong City beach at sunset, wandered around town seeing live fish in tanks waiting for the diners inside the restaurants to make their selection. Had a coffee and pastry at a Paris cafe, lost the group, had fun and caught a taxi home with my friend Christian a print […]
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To Seoul
We had another outing by bus lasting two hours; this time to Seoul. Although the traffic is heavy most times the bus lane is for busses only; way to go! Lots to see in Seoul; apart from ancient palaces there is a whole district where the main street is filled with art galleries, art supply […]
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Deep in discussion
Most evenings we were regaled with Spanish guitar and song which was great performed by artists from Honduras. Artists were also offered the opportunity to make a presentation of their work. WOW. Every time the artist’s shared their work I realised what a depth there was in the talent and experience that had been assembled […]
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Buddhist Temple
On the way back to the Arts Park we crossed a 37 kilometre road built on top of a dam wall. The dam held back the sea and is part of a project to reclaim land from the sea. Massive flood gates open at low tide to let water flow out to sea and closed […]
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Safety
My expensive face mask and safety goggles I laid aside as they proved to be too hot to wear in the warm conditions; my mask became useless as my goggles would steamed up and no matter what I did I could not see clearly. I decided to use the same light weight 3M paper masks […]
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Stone Factory
Work at the Stone Factory commenced at 8 AM and finished at 5.30 PM, with an hour for lunch, 6 days a week. No wonder the Republic of Korea’s economy is the 10th biggest in the world! My hands became sore using the heavy grinders and wielding the hammer to crack off the unwanted stone […]
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My sculpture – BALANCE
My sculpture ‘ BALANCE’ embraces the symposium theme of ‘Man and the environment’. We must seek a balance between exploitation and conservation if we care for planet. On another level the work represents, NOT-ONE NOT-TWO a reference to the fact that the sculpture looks like two pieces of stone when it is in fact carved from […]
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11th World Culture and Art Symposium
What a thrill to be invited to participate in the 11th World Culture and Art Symposium at the Gaewha Arts Park, South Korea, September/October 2013. Some 46 artists, painters as well as sculptors spent 4 weeks creating art works which were eventually on show at the Mosan Art Museum and the Stone Factory located at […]
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